Colonial Period (1600-1775)

“Little by little, the bird makes its nest.” – Old Haitian Creole Prove...

In February of 1675 Narragansett Indians lay siege to Mary Rowlandson's village. Most wer...

“[W]e observed the Enemy marching down towards us in three Columns, at 10 they form...

“Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of ...

This book contains 2 topics, which are subdivided into a first and second section. The to...

“Scotch-Irish” is an American term that became popular in the latter 1800s, r...

Deep within the bayous and swamps of Louisiana resides a population descended from an ex...

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The island of Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Antilles chain behind Cuba,...

When Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island in the late 19th century, it all bu...

A white seabird with a teal beak dappled with pink and orange colors and a set of apple-r...

The Jamestown settlers imagined life in the New World would be flowing with abundance, bu...

Benjamin Franklin left behind quite a legacy as an inventor, politician, and philosopher....

Colonial America was the result of the efforts of Europeans who came to America to maximi...

The Haitian Revolution has played a big role in the history of abolishing slavery. Its si...

For over 400 years, the mystery of Roanoke's "Lost Colony" has puzzled historians and spa...

In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as...

In December 1606, when they set sail from London for the Virginia coast, the people aboar...

An overview of the systematic evacuation of the town site in order to bring to light the ...

Lorne Greene is best known to TV fans as Ben Cartwright in Bonanza and Commander Adama in...

Though the importance of hats is easy to overlook, it was deadly serious in more ways tha...

This combo consists of 2 books:1 - Mayflower: In 1620, a group of English families, known...

Nearly 20 years before Jamestown was settled, the English established one of the earlies...

The life stories of twelve of the most influential women in colonial and early American a...